Bump/protuberans/tumor on pullet face

[Carmen333]

I have 2 seramas (a female, and a male) and they are 2 months old.
They live indoor in a rabbit cage and they are our lovely pets. We let them in a backyard every 2-3 day for 2 hours or so; We want them to have some sun and give them chance to scratch the ground.
The female has 2 like bamp/tumors on her face and those grow very fast. One is on her beak and it almost covers the nostril, and the other is by her beak and it migrates toward her eye.
There are 2 weeks since I noticed something small on her face.
She and her brother (the male) are eating and drinking good and the male does not have anything like this on his face.
I attach some pictures.
Thank you in advance for answering to my post.

 

[Lady of McCamley]

Sorry your little girl is sick.

Potentially, and I think most likely, it is dry fowl pox, at 2 months of age, which will resolve on its own. Just be sure she can still eat as wet fowl pox is when the virus gets into the mouth and can cause eating issues.

At about 2 months of age, it is very unlikely this is Marek's skin tumors, though possible, so that is something else to consider.

Here is some info on fowl pox:
http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2015/07/fowl-pox-prevention-treatment.html

and info on Marek's (which would be worse case scenario):
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/the-great-big-giant-mareks-disease-faq.66077/

LofMc

 

[Carmen333]

Sorry your little girl is sick.

Potentially, and I think most likely, it is dry fowl pox, at 2 months of age, which will resolve on its own. Just be sure she can still eat as wet fowl pox is when the virus gets into the mouth and can cause eating issues.

At about 2 months of age, it is very unlikely this is Marek's skin tumors, though possible, so that is something else to consider.

Here is some info on fowl pox:
http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2015/07/fowl-pox-prevention-treatment.html

and info on Marek's (which would be worse case scenario):
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/the-great-big-giant-mareks-disease-faq.66077/

LofMc

Thank you very much for taking the time to share with me what you know about chickens. I hope it is not Marek.

 

[Eggcessive]

Have you had mosquitoes out in recent weeks where fowl pox might be the problem? Is there a bad odor around the face of the chicken, as there can be with canker? Hopefully, it is isn’t tumors, but I hope that we can help figure it out. Are the nostrils open so she can breathe okay?

 

[Carmen333]

Have you had mosquitoes out in recent weeks where fowl pox might be the problem? Is there a bad odor around the face of the chicken, as there can be with canker? Hopefully, it is isn’t tumors, but I hope that we can help figure it out. Are the nostrils open so she can breathe okay?

I live in Georgia (1 hour from Savannah), so mosquitoes could be present. No bad odor around the face. Her right nostril is covered almost completely, but she still breaths OK. Thank you!

 

[Carmen333]

Merry Christmas from Coco and Iuly! They are our alive ornaments!
Some updating: Our pet is healing. We are very glad! Thank you to all that tried to help.
Here they are:

 

[aart]

Our pet is healing.

So bump just went away?

 

[Eggcessive]

Merry Christmas to you and your chickens as well. I am glad there is healing. The one on the left in the picture still looks to have the growth on her beak. Please update here to let us know if they heal.

 

[Carmen333]

So bump just went away?

She had 2 bamps. One by the beak fell down days ago. The one on the beak is still there, but it looks it will eventually fall soon. During this period she was eating good. I do not think it was chickenpox.

 

[Carmen333]

Merry Christmas to you and your chickens as well. I am glad there is healing. The one on the left in the picture still looks to have the growth on her beak. Please update here to let us know if they heal.

She had 2 bamps. One by the beak fell down days ago. The one on the beak is still there, but it looks it will eventually fall soon. During this period she was eating good. I do not think it was chickenpox.